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{{Infobox television
|image = Oh In Colour Title Screen.png
|caption = ''Oh In Colour'' title screen.
|genre = [[Comedy]]
|runtime = 30 minutes
|creator = [[Spike Milligan]] [[John Antrobus]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0664636/fullcredits|title="Oh in Colour" Episode #1.1 (TV Episode 1970) - IMDb|via=imdb.com}}</ref>
|starring = [[Spike Milligan]] [[John Bluthal]] Charlie Young Atom [[Alan Clare]] [[Edward Underdown]]
|director = [[John Howard Davies]] [[Joseph McGrath (film director)|Joseph McGrath]] [[Duncan Wood]]
|country = United Kingdom
|network = [[BBC]]
|first_aired = {{Start date|1970|9|27|df=yes}}
|last_aired = {{End date|1970|11|1|df=yes}}
|num_episodes = 6
}}
'''Oh In Colour''' was a comedy television sketch programme broadcast on [[BBC Two|BBC 2]] in 1970. It ran for one six-episode series from September to November 1970.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/oh_in_colour/|title=Oh In Colour - BBC2 Sketch Show|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref><ref name=genome1/> It was written by and featured [[Spike Milligan]], who was accompanied by different stars every week.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312178/fullcredits|title=Oh in Colour (TV Series 1970) - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref> It was shown after the thoroughly more popular [[Q (TV series)|Q5]], also written by Milligan and Neil Shand. It is likely the programme was written to bridge the long production gap between Q5 and the next series, Q6, which did not appear on TV screens until 1975. (Milligan later complained of the BBC's cold attitude towards the series and stated that he would have made more programmes had he been given the opportunity.)

==Relation to ''Q..''==
The format is essentially identical to Milligan's Q series; a series of madcap sketches, typically lacking in plot or cohesion, with the cast and crew often donning bizarre or inappropriate outfits during pieces. The show ran for 30 minutes without commercial breaks, as is typical for programmes broadcast on the BBC. ''Oh In Colour'' was broadcast in colour, however the only surviving colour sequence is from episode six, the final broadcast. The entire series ironically exists as black-and-white telerecordings made for foreign sale.

One can find the racial gags that [[Q (TV series)#Development|mired the ''Q...'' series in controversy]]. The cast are similar, too, with mainstays [[John Bluthal]] and [[Fanny Carby]] taking part in both programmes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0312178/|title=Oh in Colour (TV Series 1970) - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>

==Episodes==
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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="50%" style="margin-right: 0;"
|-
! style="background-color: #ccccff; color:#000000;"| Series No.
! style="background-color: #ccccff; color:#000000;"| Episode No.
! style="background-color: #ccccff; color:#000000;"| Title
! style="background-color: #ccccff; color:#000000;"| Original air date
|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|Unknown
|align="center"|27 September 1970 <ref name=genome1>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d1791d862fce44318eea022aaee6e886|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|Unknown
|align="center"|4 October 1970 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/bee473631a3b4ababf1ddd9b5dc3a923|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|Unknown
|align="center"|11 October 1970 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cade6362603b46688767481ce1e8692f|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|Unknown
|align="center"|18 October 1970 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d7c4dbb649524511bbb8db5b4880ce42|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|Unknown
|align="center"|25 October 1970 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/6946fca49e1e4b18be5965a0b844f728|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|-
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|6
|align="center"|Unknown
|align="center"|1 November 1970 <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/4e60d756b67d4ea4a7b229a87d535b4b|title=Broadcast - BBC Programme Index|website=genome.ch.bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
|}
</center>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0312178}}

[[Category:BBC television comedy]]
[[Category:1960s British television sketch shows]]
[[Category:Surreal comedy television series]]

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